I could not help thinking, also, that the remorse of this homicide gave point to what old Hammond had said to me about the way in which this strange people dealt with what I had been used to hear called crimes.

我也忍不住想，对这起凶杀案的悔恨让老哈蒙德对我说过这些奇怪的人处理我习惯听到的所谓犯罪的方式。